West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-02-17
REV. DIR. EALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIvINIrS SUN
DAY SERMON.
Subject OF Discourse. "pnlars OF
smoke

the 'ciiderncSs iitc pillars OF smoke S''-Sol,
onions Song, iii,
The arch lecture OF tho smoke Is wondrous
whether God with His finger curls it into n
cloud, or rounds II into n dome, or points il i'm
spire, or spreads IL in wing; or, as i'm the
text hoists Il in pillar Watch il winding un
trom the country farmhouse in tho early
morning, showing that the pastoral indus
tries have lcgun; or see it ascending from
the chimneys of the city, telling OF the
homes fed, the factories turning out valu.
able iabbric, tho printing presses preparing
book and newspaper, and all the ton thou
sand wheels OF work in motion. On clear
day this Vapor spoken Of mounts with such
buoNaucy, and spreads such a delicate veil
across the sky, aud traces such graceful lines
or circle, semi. circle aud wave, and toSses,
and sinks and scars, and Scatters with such
anuenco of shape, aud color, and sug gestiVe-
ne,s that II you have never noticed it YOU
are Ike man who has all his life lived In
Paris and vet never seen the Luxembourg or
all his life in Rome and mover seen the Vati-
can, or all his life at Locxport and never
seen Niagara. Fortyfour times the Bible
speaks of the smoke, and it is about time that
somebody breaches n sermon recognizing this
strange, weird, beautiful, elastic, charming
terrific and fascinating vapor Across the
Bible sky floats the smoke OF Sinai, tho smoke
OF Sodom, the smoke OF Al, the smoke OF the
pit, the smoke Of the volcanic hills whom God
touches them, and in my text the glorious
Church OF God coming up out OF the wilder
like pillars OF smoke
In the first place, these pillars OF smoke in
my teNt indicate the suffering the Church of
God has endured. What do mean by the
Churchl mean not n building, not a sect.
but those who in all ages aud all lands, and
OF all beliefs, love God and are trying to do
right For many centuries the heavens have
been black with the smoke OF martyrdom
il set 81 lie by side YOU could girdle the earth
with the fires of persecution. Rowland Tay-
lor burned at Hadleigh; Latimer burned at
oxford; John Rogers burned at Smithfield;
John Hooper burned at Gloucester. Jobn
Huss burned at Constance; Laurence Saun.
ders burned at Coventry; Joan OF Arc
burned at Rouen; Prote ,tants have some.
times pointed 70 the Catholics as having
a monopoly OF Prosecutors; but both
Protestant and Catholic have practioed
Infamous cruelties Tho Catholics during
the reign OF HuuneTic were low Protestants
put 10 the worst tOrtures, stripped of their
clothing, hoisted in the mir by pulleys with
weights suspended from their feet, then let
down. aud ears and eyes nose and tongue
were amputated, and red hot plates OF iron
were put against the tenderest part OF their
bodies George Bancroft the historian. says
OF the state of Maryland: In the land which
Catholics had opened TO Prot4stants mas
might not be said publicly; no Catholic
priest or bishop might utter his faith in a
voice OF persuasion; no Catholic might
teach tho young. III n wayward child
et faplst would but become an apos.
PARENTS share OF their property. Such
were the methods adopted 10 prevent the
growth of Popery.n Speaking of Ireland
Bancroft, tho historian, says: "Such priests
as were ermit;ad to reside in Ireland were
required % be registered, and were kent
IKE prisoners at large within prescribed
limits All Papists exercising ecclesiastical
jurisdiction, all monks friars aud regular
priests and oil priests not then actually in
parishes and to be rcgist rcd were bauiShpd
from Ireland under rain of TRANSPORTATION
and, on return. OF being hanged, drawn end
quartored"
Catholicism as well as Professionalism bos
had its martyrs. It docs seem rs If when any
ono sect got complete dominancy I'm any land
tho dovll Of persecution and cruelty took
possession of that sect. Then SEQ the Cath
olics after tho Hugenots See tho Gentle,
niter tho jews in Tuuruine, where n great
PlJ was dug and iiro lightcJ at the bottom Of
She plt, and lGD jewish victims were CON
sRmed. Sec the Presbyterian Parliament OF
Engiand- moro tyTnunical i'm their
treatment or opponents than had
been the criminal courts Persecution
against ths Bnrtsts by Pedo BaplistI
Persecution Of the Established Church agoinet
The Methodist Church. Persecution AGAINST
the Quakers Persecution against the Pres
bYtefinus Under Emperor Diocletian one
huhoFe' ana iorty-four thousand Christians
Were in0ssacrcd, and seven hundred thor
sand moro Of them died from banishment
and yposure Witnes, ths suTorings Of the
Wal lenses, Of the Albigens.s. of the
Nestorians. Witness st. Bartholomew
massacre. Witness tho Duke OF Alva
driving out Of lifo eighteen thou
sand Christians. Witness Herd and
Nero, and Decius. and Hildebrand. and Tor
quomada, and Earl OF Montfort. and I0rd
ClaVefhouse, who, when told that he must
give RrcOuRt for his cruelties sail; Il have
no need 20 count % man. and ns for God /
VIII loke Him in my own hands, A rcd
line runs through the church history of nine
teen hundred years, line Of blood Not bv
INC hundre IS OF thousands, but by the mill.
sons must we count those slain Tor Christi
sake. No wonder John Milton pnt the gr ans
OF the martyrs TO an immortal tune. writing
"Avenge, o Lord thy slaughtered saints
whosa bones
Lie altered on tho Alpine mountains
cold. 80
The Groko Of martyrs homes and mar
ttyrs bodies, n rolling up all at once, would
nave eclirsed the MONDAY sun aud Turned
the brightest day the world ever saw into n
midnight 30 Who Is this that GO meth up out
Of the wilderness like pillars NJ smoker
s persecution ceased Ask that Young
man who is trying 10 be- a Christ au in n etore
or factory, who is the butt Of all the moan
wlttlctsims of UNI elioyiug oup1oves Az
thnt wifo whose husband makes her fouducss
Tor the house Of God and even her kpc.i.
ing prayer by th3 bedside n dcrision anJ IL
no more ft for her holy communicable tbo,
hlthy crow would Do ne comrnnion for -
robin on golden ori0le. Comprom 80 with
Tho world and surrender to iis convention
nlities and IL may lot you alone. but al who
VIII live goJly in Christ Jesus must suffer
persecution. Be theatre going. card play
ing. VINE drinking round dancing Christian.
hnd Nou may es apo criti ism AMI social
pressure But Do on up and down out aud
out follower Of Christ, and wording will
wink ~ wording as he speaks your
nu',il, ~, , gn3 lo9 "ll, b3 put in many
worthy ~ blackcu your Oldest shoes
When the bridge 40 AshtabmIa broke
and let down the most Of tho carload of ras-
sengrrs e. instant death Mr. w. T. Bis. was
seated on one side of the nislo Of tho car
writing down Christian Ing whi b bo was
compost 3 and ou ths other Side n groID OF
men were playing cards Whose landing
place BOO eternity would YOU prefer that Of
y ,. Bliss the Gospel singer, or Of the card
playersf
The great complaint comes from the then
tres bout Tho ladies' high bats. be ause thew
7bttrUct the view Of The stage aud "a Iadv
reporter asked me tho other dav what /
thought about 10, and I told her that m The
Indecent pictures Of actresses I'm the show
windows of Brooklyn and New York wero
accurate pictures % what goes on In many
or the theatres night by night. then 10 would
Dc we'll IN the ladies' hats were n mile hfrh
90 as % completely Ohstruct tho vision III
proiessed Christians go 20 such places during
tho week. no one will ever persecute them
for their religion for they have none
and they oro tho Joke of hell But let them
live n consecrated and Christian lie and
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